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[digitalprincess]

[A vast majority of the time, Aelita was cheerful. There wasn't any of that cheer in her voice as she palmed her grumpearl, nor was there a 'Yoohoo' or exaggerated 'hi' as she started the call. ]

Um... Do those visions you have when sleeping mean anything? [And then because those love grumpearls connected mentally. Everyone could get fun glimpses as Aelita mumbled along. Something small running through the undergrowth, glowing gold eyes.]

I keep having ones where there are pokemon. Uh, they look like Mme Mightyena and they're chasing me through a forest, then they try to bite me. [For a moment there was the lovely look at the inside a wolf's mouth, but it suddenly changes. For a brief moment everything shifts, the wolves become a group of faceless men in suits.]

Is there anyway to make them stop?

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[digitalprincess]

Apprantly... [Eleanor had already explained that part.]

It's strange. I've never seen one before but in the dreams they're always following me making that screaming noise.

[wolfcut]

Howling. It's called howling.

[ Not that it matters to a girl being hunted down. ]

Do you... remember what happened before you got hooked up to that machine?

[digitalprincess]

No... I don't remember anything further back than a year ago. [All thing considered. Aelita was doing well for learning how to not die.]

[wolfcut]

Hm.

[ Only a year ago. He's not sure what that might mean in the grand scheme of things for her. As far as he still knows, she was in some kind of coma back home. ]

Could be something from before then. A bad memory you're trying to process. Dreams... tend to do that.

[digitalprincess]

But that...[Aelita wasn't even sure she'd had memories before. When Jeremie turned the supercomputer on, she'd not even known her name. She'd only found out because the Tower had recognised her.

Was it possible? Why would she only remember now? Why wolves? She wilted, her ears folding.]

What happens when they're done processing?

[wolfcut]

[ He stays quiet as she thinks it over, letting her have a second to herself first. ]

You know... I'm not really sure.

[ He's probably the worst person to ask. ]

I think it's meant to help you. When you're awake, I mean. Like a moment of clarity.

[digitalprincess]

[All those things would have made sense. If she was human. If she'd been a living, breathing creature.]

They didn't start till I came here, I didn't dream before...

[Would this have happened back home? Or was it an aspect of this place?]

[wolfcut]

Can't tell you why that'd be. I'm not much of a doctor.

But here, changes like that are normal. These bodies have their own, uh. Quirks baked into 'em.

[ Get used to being a prey animal, kid. ]

[digitalprincess]

So...you're saying that they might just be a part of the creature I was turned into? Then there'd be no reason to wonder about them.

[wolfcut]

Well...

[ Honestly? Not a bad conclusion to make. ]

If that was the case, wouldn't those wolves be Pokémon instead?

[digitalprincess]

[She wilted. Bigby why... The idea that it was a new thing caused by the Bay was so much nicer than it being some kinda memory from her past. From before Jeremie found her under the factory.]

But I didn't even know what a wolf was before you told me...